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Election Delays Throw Budget Talks into Chaos

Election Delays Throw Budget Talks into Chaos By Charles DervaricsThe presidency is not the only uncertainty in government today. The federal education budget for 2001 is still unresolved, and all signs point to a stalemate that will last into December.Republican congressional leaders in October backed away from a budget deal that would have increased federal […]

Black Frat Announces Digital Divide Initiative

Black Frat Announces Digital Divide InitiativeBALTIMOREThe Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc. announced last month a nationwide project called the “Digital Heritage Initiative” in collaboration with the Microsoft Corp. and Africana.com to provide computer software and educational materials to public elementary, junior high and high schools throughout the country. Each of the fraternity’s chapters nationwide will […]

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Fisk University’s Jubilee Singers Inducted into Gospel Hall of Fame

Fisk University’s Jubilee Singers Inducted into Gospel Hall of FameNASHVILLE, Tenn. The Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, an institution more than a century old, was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame last month. It has been said that civil rights pioneer and author Dr. W.E.B. DuBois called their music a message from slaves […]

Ceiling Lifted on Foreigners, While U.S. Minorities Still Underrepresented in High-Tech Field

Ceiling Lifted on Foreigners, While U.S. Minorities Still Underrepresented in High-Tech FieldMore so than ever before, employers are seeking foreign workers to fill skilled jobs that go unfilled in the United States. But the trend is prompting debate about how better to focus federal attention on education and job training — including the role of […]

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Events

EventsNOVEMBERNov. 15-19, 2000National Association for Multicultural Education, 10th Annual International Conference“Real Magic: The Realization of Multicultural Education in the Everyday”Kissimmee, Fla.Contact: NAME National OfficePhone: (202) 628-6263Fax: (202) 628-6264E-mail: nameorg@erols.comWeb: www.umd.edu/NAMENov. 16-18, 2000Multiethnic Perspectives Conference,A National Conference for Students, Educators, Administrators and Community LeadersVirginia Beach, Va.Contact: FAP Consultants and Associates, Inc.Phone: (540) 710-9532Fax: (540) 891-0187Web: www.411web.com/f/fapconsultantsinc/Nov. […]

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Va. Professor Works With Bill Cosby

Va. Professor Works With Bill Cosby To Publish Electronic Book on Education NORFOLK, Va. A n educational reform professor at Old Dominion University has a prominent co-author on a new electronic book: Dr. Bill Cosby. The book, American Schools: The $100 Billion Challenge, suggests using the federal surplus to spend $100 billion more a year on […]

Corporations Lend Support to U-Michigan’s Diversity Efforts

Corporations Lend Support to U-Michigan’s Diversity EffortsBy Hilary HurdANN ARBOR, Mich.Twenty of America’s largest and best-known corporations filed a legal brief here last month strongly supporting the University of Michigan in the lawsuit challenging its admissions policies. The brief argues that diversity in higher education plays a critical role in preparing students to be leaders […]

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Events

EventsNOVEMBERNov. 1-3Writer’s Conference 2000: Celebrating African American Women WritersCommunity College of Baltimore County — Essex CampusBaltimore, Md.Contact: Cheryl GoodmanPhone: (410) 780-6742Fax: (410) 574-2172E-mail: cgoodman@ccbc.cc.md.usNov. 2-4The Education Trust, Inc., 11th Annual Conference“Seeing is Believing: Evidence that We Can Close the Achievement Gap”WashingtonContact: Nevin Brown or Sonya WilsonPhone: (202) 293-1217 Ext. 315Fax: (202) 293-2605E-mail: nbrown@edtrust.org orswilson@edtrust.orgWeb: www.edtrust.orgNov. […]

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At Home with Toni Morrison

At Home with Toni MorrisonToni Morrison Society Event Draws Scholars from Around the World to Honor the Literary LegendBy Hilary HurdLORAIN, Ohio A pproximately 130 scholars from around the globe gathered for three days in Lorain, Ohio, last month for one purpose: to honor and celebrate Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison and her work.The second biennial […]

University of Idaho, Auburn U. Also Report Incidents of Doctored Photos

University of Idaho, Auburn U. Also Report Incidents of Doctored PhotosMOSCOW, Idaho The University of Idaho has pulled a picture of nine students from the top of its Internet site after discovering that it had been altered to replace the heads of two White students with those of two minority students. University President Dr. Robert […]

HACU, Education Department Agreement Will Aid Hispanic Students

HACU, Education Department Agreement Will Aid Hispanic StudentsH ispanic-serving colleges and universities will benefit from a new memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Education that was announced late last month.“By working together, we can make the most of research and grant opportunities, internships, fellowships and other opportunities benefiting Hispanic colleges and Hispanic American […]

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Events

EventsOCTOBEROct. 19-22Seventh National HBCU Faculty Development Symposium“Collaborating to Build Educational Communities”Tougaloo CollegeTougaloo, Miss.Contact: HBCU Faculty Development NetworkPhone: (601) 977-7861Fax: (601) 977-6148E-mail: Srozman@aol.comWeb: www.tsu.edu/hbcunetOct. 20-217th Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference“Slavery and Reparation”New School UniversityNew YorkContact: J. Everet GreenPhone: (914) 574-4797E-mail: everet@aol.comNOVEMBERNov. 2-410th National Conference of the Association for Black Culture Centers“Connecting Generations with Black Popular Culture”Cleveland […]

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